Amazon Fire User Manual page 78

Take and Share Photos & Personal Videos
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Record Record a video. A counter will appear showing the time of the recorded video. Tap the button again to
stop recording.
Tips:
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Settings Change the camera settings. Settings currently include High Dynamic Range (HDR) or Image Review:
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Tip: The High Dynamic Range (HDR) setting captures multiple images at different exposures. All three
images are then combined into a single photo that properly exposes the bright and dark regions in one
shot.
Settings also include two modes: Lenticular and Panorama. See below for more details
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While using the camera, tap the thumbnail of your most recent photo captured to view your Camera Roll.
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From the Camera Roll, you can share, delete or edit photos or videos individually, or select multiple items
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to delete or share at once. To learn more, go to
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Lenticular mode allows you to capture 3 images and blend them together to create a "moving" image. The
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resulting image is like a very fast video or a 360 degree video around a stationary subject. To help with
lining up each shot for a seamless transition, a semi-transparent image of the previous shot displays
above the viewfinder.
Tip: The Photos app will convert Lenticular images to animated .gif files that you can share via MMS or e-
mail.
Panoram Panorama stitches multiple images together to create an extended horizontal or vertical image.
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Tip: This feature works best outdoors.
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To zoom in and out, pinch the screen with two fingers.
Press and hold the shutter to capture a stack of photos.
To zoom in and out, press the volume buttons on your device, or pinch the screen with two fingers
while recording.
To capture pictures while recording a video, tap the shutter icon that appears to the right of the video
button while video recording is in progress.
Camera will default to focusing and setting exposure on the center of the screen, unless a face is
detected in the scene, which will be identified with a circle. Tap the screen to focus on a specific
location. Or, press and hold anywhere on the screen to lock the focus and exposure for that part of
the scene.
HDR is used when there are bright highlights and dark shadows in the same shot, such as a subject
in front of a window on a sunny day.
Image Review shows a preview of each photo immediately after you take a picture. This allows you
to immediately delete the image if you don't like it.
View Edit & Share Photos on page 79.